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Cornhill, a village in the Corncairn or northern district of Ordiquhill parish, Banffshire, on an affiuent of the Burn of Boyne, with a station on the Banffshire railway, 8½ miles SW by W of Banff, under which it has a post and telegraph office. Fairs are held here on the second Thursday of every month.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Ordiquhill ScoP Banffshire ScoCnty |
Place: | Cornhill |
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